title: Airway obstruction in pediatric patients. From croup to BOOP.
abstract: Causes for airways obstruction in infants and children vary considerably from those encountered in adult populations. The recent dissemination of rapid CT scan (helical and electron beam) has changed the diagnostic imaging approach in children with suspected airways obstruction. Fast CT scan not only detects the location of obstruction with high sensitivity but also frequently provides clues to specific pathologic diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California-San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rencken
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Patton
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Brasch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001249:Asthma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003440:Croup / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging